Serving Farmington Hills, Michigan
Home Remodeling in Farmington Hills, MI
Farmington Hills is full of well-built homes from the 1960s through the 1980s sitting on mature, established lots. All American Remod updates them — kitchens, baths, decks, basements and exteriors — without erasing what makes them good.
Farmington Hills is one of the larger cities in Oakland County and one of the most consistent from a remodeling standpoint. A great deal of it was built out between the 1960s and the 1980s — colonials, quad-levels and ranches on generous lots with trees that have had fifty years to fill in. These are solid houses. They were framed properly, they've held up, and they're worth investing in. What they need is updating, not replacing.
What These Houses Typically Need
- Kitchens that are still compartmentalized. The 1970s floor plan put the kitchen in its own room. Removing the wall between kitchen and family room is the single change that most transforms how these homes live — and it's usually more straightforward than people fear.
- Original or first-replacement bathrooms. Small footprints, fiberglass surrounds, and vanities at a height nobody uses anymore. Full bath remodels here are among our most common projects.
- Decks at the end of their second life. Many of these homes are on their second wood deck. The third one should be composite.
- Basements with real potential. Solid framing, decent ceiling height, and often walkout or daylight conditions on the sloped lots.
- Exteriors under mature trees. Fifty years of shade and leaf litter means siding that stays damp, gutters that clog, and trim that quietly rots.
Our Farmington Hills Services
We work as a single general contractor across the whole job: kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling, composite and wood decks, basement finishing, home additions, flooring, siding and trim, rotted wood repair, and interior and exterior painting.
Opening Up a 1970s Kitchen
This is worth its own paragraph because it's the project we get asked about most in Farmington Hills. The wall between the kitchen and the adjacent living space is sometimes load-bearing and sometimes not; either way it's usually removable with proper structural support. What changes afterward isn't just sightlines — it's where people stand, where the light goes, and whether whoever is cooking is part of the room or stuck in a box. We handle the structural work, the cabinetry, the countertops, the electrical rework and the finish work as one project.
Deck Replacement Done Once
As a Trex Pro Platinum installer we can back Transcend and Signature decks with up to a 10-year labor warranty, alongside Trex's 25–50 year material warranties. For a homeowner who has already replaced one wood deck and doesn't want to do it a third time, that math is usually persuasive.
Working With Us
Free consultation at your home. Contractor pricing on materials. Licensed and insured Michigan building contractors. Permits pulled through the City of Farmington Hills. 18-month workmanship guarantee. 0% financing available.
Call 248-935-8104 or request a free consultation — we'll walk the house and give you honest numbers.
Recent work near Farmington Hills
Kitchen & flooring
Bath remodel
Deck replacementFrequently Asked Questions — Farmington Hills
Can you remove a wall between my kitchen and family room?
In most cases, yes. Whether the wall is load-bearing determines what structural support is needed above the opening, not whether it can come out. We assess it during the consultation and price the structural work into the project rather than treating it as a surprise change order.
Is it worth remodeling a house from the 1970s?
Usually, yes. Homes from that era in Farmington Hills were generally well framed and sit on lots you couldn't buy today. Updating the kitchen, baths and exterior typically returns more than the equivalent spend on a newer house — and you keep the lot and the trees.
How do I deal with rotted trim under heavy tree cover?
Catch it early. Rot that's confined to trim is a repair; rot that has reached sheathing or framing is a much larger job. We do wood rot repair and restoration as a routine part of exterior work, and we'll tell you which situation you're in.
Do you finish walkout basements?
Yes. The sloped lots common in parts of Farmington Hills often give you walkout or daylight conditions, which makes for a far better finished space than a standard below-grade basement.
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